Four people, an 18-year-old and three juveniles (including an 11-year-old), are facing burglary charges after their arrests in connection with a break-in at a north Gainesville residence.
The battle on the gridiron took a backseat at Friday night's football game between Flowery Branch High School and West Forsyth to the efforts of the Flowery Branch Boosters Club to raise money for the family of one of the West Forsyth football players.
The death toll from Iraq's worst attack in more than two years climbed to 155 Monday as Iraqis buried the dead from the twin suicide bombings that devastated the heart of Baghdad.
A series of helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans in insurgent-wracked Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said. It was one of the deadliest days of the war for U.S. troops.
Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has escalated into prolonged conflict.
The Hall County Sheriff Office Citizen’s Academy Alumni Association recently named deputy Joe Groover the winner of its 2009 Officer of the Year award.